The Mystical Gaze of the Cinema
The Films of Peter Weir
$76.98
- Paperback
312 pages
- Release Date
15 February 2009
Summary
‘Magical’, ‘out of this world’, ‘an experience you’ll never forget’ - Peter Weir’s films have enthralled audiences around the globe. Whether in iconic Australian works such as Picnic at Hanging Rock and Gallipoli or international mainstream thrillers such as Witness, Weir has deliberately created mystical movie experiences.
Modern cinema studies is used to dissecting films on the basis of gender, class or race - now, for the first time, Richard Leonard shows…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522856620 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0522856624 |
| Author: | Richard Leonard |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | Melbourne University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 312 |
| Release Date: | 15 February 2009 |
| Weight: | 380g |
| Dimensions: | 17mm x 139mm x 211mm |
| Series: | Academic Monograph |
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Richard Leonard
Richard Leonard is a Jesuit priest, directs the Australian Catholic Film Office and is a Visiting Professor at the Gregorian University, Rome and the United Faculty of Theology, Melbourne. He is the author of Movies That Matter- Reading Film through the Lens of Faith and Preaching to the Converted. He has served on juries at international film festivals around the world, from Hong Kong to Berlin.
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